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We are proud to recognize the winners for the 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Awards in chemistry and materials science for their outstanding contributions among the extensive competition.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the winners on their achievements. MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition for the academic community.

Catalysts:

• Aleksandr S. Kazachenko, Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Russia
• Ionut Banu, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
• Shahid Zaman, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
• Rahat Javaid, Fukushima Renewable Energy Institute, Japan

Coatings:

• Anca Mazare, Friedrich-Alexander University, Germany
• Costica Bejinariu, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania

Fibers:

• Aref Abbasi Moud, University of British Columbia, Canada
• Amit Kenny, Shamoon College of Engineering, Ashdod, Israel

Gels:

• Bapan Pramanik, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
• Mutian Hua, University of California, USA            

JFB:

• Elisa Boanini, University of Bologna, Italy

Materials:

• Alexander Sobolev, Ariel University, Israel
• Anca Mazare, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen Nurnberg, Germany
• László Almásy, Centre for Energy Research, Hungary
• Valerio Belardi, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
• Wenbin Zhou, Imperial College London, UK
• Piotr A. Gauden, Nicholas Copernicus University, Poland

Magnetochemistry:

• Moustafa Darwish, Tanta University, Egypt

Metals: 

• Wolfgang Löser, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW), Germany
• Weimin Wang, Shandong University, China

Nanomaterials:

• Gueorgui Gueorguiev, Linköping University, Sweden
• Tsung-Rong Kuo, Taipei Medical University, China
• Kisan Chhetri, Jeonbuk National University, Republic of Korea

Polymers:

• Yiwen Li, Sichuan University, China
• Saulius Grigalevicius, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
• Mirela-Fernanda Zaltariov, “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Romania
• Narsimha Mamidi, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
• Nikolaos Politakos, University of the Basque Country, Spain

Separations:

• Balawanthrao Jadhav, South Dakota State University, USA
• Łukasz Dąbrowski, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland
• Sidi Zhu, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China

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